Pedestal support



Dec. 10, 1929. H. c. KIHNEMAN. SR

PEDESTAL SUPPORT Filed NOV. 22, 1927 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 10, 1929 ,PATENTJOFFICE HENRY C. KIHNEMAN, SIL, OF MONROE LOUISLANA a PEDESTAL snrron'r Application filed November 22, 1927. Serial No. 235,013.

My invention relates to pedestal supports, and is more particularly concerned with a support of this general type embodying a revoluble top support or table adequately supported, and which while particularly desirable and useful as a support for an electric fan, may be used generally.

An object of the present invention is to provide a pedestal support of this character of simple, rugged construction in which a turn-table top is embodied, this top, in its construction, being adequately supported for rotation by relatively simple and inexpensive means.

In the construction of rotatable top surfaces for supports as heretofore proposed, relatively expensive structures and manufacturing operations have been necessary. In

the embodiment of a turn-table top support of pedestal type, adequate bracing means supporting the turn-table is necessary to provide a rigid structure. In the present invention, a pedestal support is provided with an adequately braced upper portion presenting a base upon which a turntable, such as described, is mounted. I

These and other features of the invention are described in the following detailed specification when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings forming part thereof and illustrating a preferable embodiment of the invention.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating one embodiment of the pedestal support mounting an electric fan upon its turn-table I top.

Figure 2 is a top plan view on an enlarged scale of said top, the fan being removed.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary vertical section through the top of the pedestal, this section being taken on the line 33 of Figure 2.

In the support of the present invention, provision is made of a vertical standard 1, the lower end 2 of which is carried by a plurality of radiating feet 3 having their sup,- porting terminals 4 substantially spaced from the longitudinal median line of the standard 1 to afiord a firm support for the base of the standard which will resist tilting.

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The upper portion of the standard 1 which, as shown, is squared is reduced in diameter at its upper extremity to receive a base plate 5 which, as shown, is ofcircular conformation, but which obviously may be varied in outline if desired; This base plate is centrally apertured to fit snugly over the reduced upper end of the'standard 1 and is affixed thereto by any suitable means, asbv the screws shown indotted lines in Figures 2 and 3. The upper face of the standard 1 is formed with a circular depression 6 therein presenting an outer annular retaining edge 7 and forming a seat upon which the turntable rests. It is braced to the standard 1 by means of curveddiagonal brace bars 8 having squared lower ends abutting the squared faces!) of the upper portion of the pedestal below the base 5 and tenoned therein as shown, the upper edges of these brace bars being also squared, and engaging the flat under face of the base 5 adjacent to its outer Screws 10 may be used to attach the upper ends of these brace bars to the base plate 5. Their heads are preferably, as shown, counter-sunk in the upper face of the base 5, so as not to interfere with the revoluble top orjturn-table 11 mounted thereover.. r

This turn-table has its under face formed with an annular flat bearing. rib 12 seated in the central recesst of theplate 5 with its outer edgesadjacent the retaining edge 7 thereof. The portion of the turn-table projecting outwardly beyond the rib 12 extends substantially to the outer edge of the base 5 and is contoured in conformity with the base to present a uniform appearance. This outer edge 13 overlies the securing screws 1 0 and hides them from View.

The table 11 is journalled upon the base 5 by means of a pivoting screw 14 inserted through an opening formed centrally of the table 11 and screwed into the top of the standard 1. The upper end of the screw projects above the top of the standard andfits loosely through the central bore in the table, this bore presenting a cross section similar to that of the upper end of the screw, which has a loose rotatable fit therearound. The

pivot bore indicated at 15, Figure 3, permits the flat bevelled head of the screw to becounter-sunk in the base of a shallow concentric recess formed in the upper face of the table 11. This recess 16 receives a metal cover plate 17 having a central bearing socket 18 in its underface alining with the head of the bearing screw 14 and providingforvariation in the extent of penetration of the screw into the top of the standard 1. Support of the rotatable top or turn table 11 upon'the base plate 5 is afforded by the annular fiat rib 12 of the under face of the table.

It will be observedth'at all fastening means are covered and that the central cover plate 1'7, which may be secured to the u per face of the turn table by suitable screws as shown,

need'only be removed to provide access to the pivot screw and permitthe-removal of the turn-table top of the pedestal. The upper face of the turn-table is preferably formed with a shallow annular depression 19 bounded by'r'etaining edges 20, the area of the depression being such as to receive the base .of that class of articles which the, pedestal The base of the electric fan 2l,'shown'in Figure '1, will rest within the central recess 19, for e xample', with its edges abutting'the retaining edge 20. "The same would apply to a lamp base, fish bowl'or any other article which it is desired to support upon the turn table. The central recess of the turn-table also provides, 'in effect, a

rotatabletray which may beus'ed for various purposes, independently of its use as a support, such for example, as an ash tray.

From the foregoing it will be'un derstood that the pedestal support with its rotatable top or turn-table is adapte'dfor general'use, and that while specifically designed and illustrated as a fan support, its use is not intended to be so limite'd,jand its construction' may be varied and adapted in consonance with the spirit of the invention and the scope ofthe appended claim. I k VVhat l c'l'aimy therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A pedestal support comprising 'a fixed standard having a supported base, a table base rigidly attached .to the upper end "of the standard having its upper face formed with a centralcircular depressioma remov- "able pivot member extending upwardly above the uppenface of the table base in the 'longi tudinal axial line of the 'stand'a'rchfa table having alower' portion of reduced diameter to Within said depression an'd rotate thereih and formed w th an annular b'earingr b on ts under face present ng flatbearmg surfaces engagingl'the face ofsaidlid'epres'si'on and 'rede ressi'on, the upper portion of "said table dered by a retaining ledgefor the base of articles restingthereon.

Signed at Monroe in the parish of Ouachita and State of Louisiana this 16th day of November A. D. 1927.

s I HENRY c. KIHNEMAN, sR.

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